More information revealed about injury Knicks' Jalen Brunson dealt with during NBA title run

New York Knicks fans and other members of the basketball community were surprised to learn on Tuesday that Knicks team captain and left-handed point guard Jalen Brunson underwent a minor procedure to repair a tendon issue in his left wrist/hand. 

More information about the setback that Brunson dealt with as he guided the Knicks to an NBA Finals victory over the San Antonio Spurs this past spring has since emerged. 

How Jalen Brunson was impacted by injury during the NBA Finals

According to Jared Schwartz and Stefan Bondy of the New York Post, Brunson's "tendon painfully rubbed against the bone in his left wrist" whenever the star guard went into his natural shooting motion.

"I don't know exactly when it happened," Bondy said about the injury, "but it was something that was bothering Jalen Brunson during the playoffs and certainly during the Finals run. It was actually a tendon issue. When he'd shoot, he'd feel it. And as you could see, his shooting percentage kind of dipped in the Finals." 

Brunson shot 46.7 percent from the field during the 2025-26 regular season. To compare, he converted 42.1 percent of his attempts across New York's five games against San Antonio.

How Jalen Brunson played through wrist discomfort

"He wasn't shooting like the normal Jalen Brunson," Bondy continued. "But my understanding is he got through it through the adrenaline, and he was able to put up an NBA Finals MVP performance, especially closing out Game 5 with 45 points. He was dealing with pain. It was a tendon issue. He had to get that corrected in the offseason. He'll be ready for training camp, for sure. I expect him to make a full recovery." 

NBA training camps for the upcoming season will not open until late September, and it has been said that Brunson's recovery timetable "is six to eight weeks." Thus, there's no reason to believe that Bondy will be wrong about Brunson's availability for the start of training camp unless the reigning NBA Finals MVP experiences an unforeseen setback over the next two months.